Chargers scouting report: Tennessee Titans

Series:
Chargers lead 22-16-1. The Chargers
beat the Titans 23-17 in overtime earlier this season for their
fifth consecutive victory in the series. The Chargers are 4-0
against Tennessee since the franchise relocated from Houston
following the 1996 season.

Player to watch:
DE Kyle Vanden Bosch

The seventh-year pro has been one of the top pass rushers in the
NFL since joining the Titans in 2005. He has 31 sacks in three
years in Tennessee, including 12 this season, sixth most in the
NFL. He also has 115 tackles and four forced fumbles and is headed
to the Pro Bowl for the second time in his career. The Chargers had
trouble blocking him when the teams met Dec. 9 in Nashville, as
Vanden Bosch recorded three sacks and had 11 tackles. Vanden Bosch
is far from being just a pass rusher, though. Since the franchise
began keeping track of tackles in 1980, when the team was the
Houston Oilers, Vanden Bosch is the only defensive lineman to
record 100 tackles in a season three times. The only other lineman
in franchise history to have even two 100-tackle seasons was
five-time Pro Bowler Ray Childress, who did so in 1985 and 1986.
Vanden Bosch entered the NFL in 2001 as a second-round pick of the
Arizona Cardinals after playing college football at Nebraska. He
suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee as a
rookie and then tore the ACL in his left knee in 2003 and had just
five

sacks with the Cardinals before signing with the Titans as a
free agent before the 2005 season. He had a career-best 12 1/2
sacks in his first season with the Titans and six in 2006.

Offense

QB Vince Young is nursing a quadriceps injury, and his status
will be updated later in the week. Young passed for 2,546 yards
this season but threw just nine touchdowns while having 17 passes
intercepted. He has a 17-11 career record as a starting
quarterback. If Young can't play, veteran Kerry Collins will draw
the start. Second-year RB LenDale White emerged as the main back
this season after a disappointing rookie campaign. White rushed for
1,110 yards and had five 100-yard games. He had 113 yards and a
touchdown against the Chargers. WRs Justin Gage (750 yards, two
touchdowns) and Roydell Williams (719 yards, four TDs) each caught
55 passes but combined for just six TDs. TE Bo Scaife caught 46
balls for 421 yards. The line is led by six-time Pro Bowl C Kevin
Mawae, a physical 14-year veteran. Rancho Bernardo High graduate
Eugene Amano is a backup offensive lineman.

Defense

Vanden Bosch isn't the only standout on the defensive line.
There are few NFL players tougher and more menacing than Pro Bowl
DT Albert Haynesworth, who will see a lot of double teams on
Sunday. Haynesworth had 69 tackles and six sacks despite missing
three games with an injury. DE Antwan Odom had a career-high eight
sacks this season. OLB Keith Bulluck had a team-high five
interceptions and had 109 tackles for his sixth consecutive season
of 100 or more tackles. OLB David Thornton had a team-leading 140
tackles and intercepted two passes. CB Nick Harper intercepted
three passes as did rookie FS Michael Griffin, the team's
first-round pick out of Texas.